Shloka 44

The Glory of Śrāddha at Sacred Fords and the Determination of the Kutapa Time

Devanagari script

एतान्यपि सदा श्राद्धे प्रशस्तान्यधिकानि च । एतेषु सर्वदेवानां सांनिध्यं पठ्यते यतः

Transliteration

etānyapi sadā śrāddhe praśastānyadhikāni ca | eteṣu sarvadevānāṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ paṭhyate yataḥ

Translation

ສິ່ງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ກໍຖືກສັນລະເສີນເສມອໃນພິທີ ສຣາດທະ—ແລະຍົກຍ້ອງເປັນພິເສດ—ເພາະມີຄຳສອນວ່າ ໃນນີ້ ໄດ້ຮັບສານນິທະຍະ ຂອງເທວະທັງປວງ

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: 'also/even')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'always')

• श्राद्धे: in śrāddha (ancestral rite)
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रशस्तानि: praised, commendable
• प्रशस्तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशस्त (कृदन्त; √शंस् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• अधिकानि: greater, superior
• अधिकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction: 'and')

• एतेषु: among/in these
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय-समास: 'सर्वे देवाः'

• सांनिध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• पठ्यते: is recited/said
• पठ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable causal: 'because/for which reason')

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative/teachings context within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa; likely a sage instructing a listener)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: एतान्यपि = एतानि + अपि; प्रशस्तान्यधिकानि = प्रशस्तानि + अधिकानि (यण्-सन्धि/संयोग); सांनिध्यं (अनुस्वार-लेखन).

FAQs

What does this verse teach about śrāddha in the Padma Purana?

It states that certain recommended elements connected with śrāddha are not merely acceptable but especially praised, because scripture teaches they confer the ‘presence of all the gods’ (sarva-deva-sāṃnidhya).

What is meant by ‘the presence of all the gods’ (sarvadevānāṃ sāṃnidhyam) here?

It implies that properly performed śrāddha—using the praised means described in the surrounding passage—invokes a comprehensive sacred auspiciousness, as though the entire divine assembly is near and supportive of the rite.

What ethical or practical lesson does this verse emphasize?

It reinforces careful adherence to dharma in ancestral rites: choosing what is ‘praśasta’ (approved) and performing śrāddha with reverence is presented as spiritually efficacious and universally auspicious.